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separate maintenance

NOUN

divorce

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annulment breakup dissolution separation split

STRONG

breach break detachment disparateness dissociation disunion division divorcement partition rupture severance splitsville

WEAK

decree nisi dedomiciling parting of the ways

Antonyms

STRONG

agreement association attachment combination connection juncture union unity

WEAK

marriage

Example Sentences

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The separate maintenance loan is intended to cover accommodation, food, books and equipment.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

Students in Northern Ireland from less well-off backgrounds can also get a separate maintenance grant of up to £3,475, depending on their household income.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

Most inspection reports will separate maintenance work from more pressing matters.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022

Finally their two-year marriage went all aflivver and Jill sued for separate maintenance, demanding all of their communal property.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Captain-General, William Matthew, was her staunch friend and admirer, and espoused her cause to the extent of issuing a writ of supplicavit for a separate maintenance.

From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

separate maintenance

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